Collapsible carton.



w. A. v. PORTER.

COLLAPSIBLE CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.21. 191s.

Patented July 18, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

W. A. V. PORTER.

COLLAPSIBLE CARTON.

, APPLICATION FILED JAN-21,1916.

1, 1 9 1 ,5 33. :Patented July 18, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

f M y provements in the form, construction and ar- 'essary creases and slits,

TED s'rTEs PATENT orr on.

WILLIAM A. V. PORTER, OF NEW YORK, N.- Y., ASSIGNOR TO DAVID WEILS SONS IIITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

co LArsIBLE CARTON.

Patci'ated July 18, 1916.

Application filed January 21, 1916. Serial No. 78,373.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. V. Pon- TER, a citizen-of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collapsible Cartons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved collapsible carton and the blank from which the same is formed, with the object in view of providing such an article which is strong and light, cheap to manufacture, and which is provided with foldable means designed to operate ither as a cover for the carton, or as an easel therefor to hold the same in an inclined position fordisplay purposes.

Another object is to provide certain imrangement of the parts, whereby the abovementioned and other objects may be effectively carried out.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of the blank, Fig. 2 represents a view in perspective of the partially formed carton, Fig. 3 represents a similar View taken at a direction opposite to Fig. 2, Fig. 4 represents atop plan view of the folded and closed carton, Fig. 5 represents-a section taken inthe plane of the, line A-A of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 6 represents a bottom plan view of the carton as shown, in Fig. 4, Fig. 7 represents a top plan view of the carton supported by the easel and with the display panel unfolded, Fig. 8 represents a side view of the same, Fi 9 represents avfront view of the same, an Fig. 10 represents a section taken in the plane of the line BB of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.-

The carton is designed to be formed, by a folding operation, from a suitable blank (as shown in Fig. 1), which may be stamped at one operation from appropriate sheet material, such, for instance, as cardboard. At the time of stamping or cutting out the blank, it may also be provided with the neo- Y which are utilized in folding it into box or carton formation and retaining it thus. I

The blank is composed, ingeneral, of two main sections, which are laterally disposed with respect to each other, and are divided merely by a creasing line. One of these main sections comprises the panel 1, which is designed to form the bottom of the carton, a panel 2 designed to constitute one end of the carton, and a panel 3 which is fitted to have the combined function of a cover for the box, as well as an easel therefor, to hold the latter in an inclined position.

-The other main section comprises panels 4, and 5 which are designed to constitute the sides of the carton, a panel 6 adapted to I form the top of the carton, a panel 7 for forming an end of the carton, a panel 8 to act as a display surface, and panels 9, 9, and

10, 10, which are arranged to constitute -re-- 'inforcing members for the ends of the carton.

In folding the'blank into box form, the

first step is to turn the said sections -later-= ally upon each other into the position shown in Fig. 2, at which time the carton is in the form of an open ended rectangular tube, with the panels 4 and. 5 parallel to each other and the panels 1 and 6parallel to each other. At this juncture the flap, 11, which projects from 'one side of the panel 1, may be glued or otherwise secured to the inside of the panel 5. Next, the reinforcing members 9, 9, and 10, 10, are folded down upon each other so as toclose the ends of the carton;

after which the panels 2 and 7 are folded upon the said reinforcing members 9, 9, and 10, 10, respectively. In order to holdthe end members in folded position the extremity of the panel 2 is folded at the line 12 and tucked in between the reinforcing members 9 and the adjacent portion ofv the top panel 6. 'Similarly, the extremity of the flap 7 is folded at the line 13 and tucked in between the reinforcing members 10, 10, and the bottom panel 1. The carton is now in completely folded condition to act' as a receptacle for the desired articles, and the combined cover and easel panel 3 may be used in the following If it is desired to'ship. the goods manner: contained in the carton,v the display panel 8 'is first folded flat down upon the top panel this condition, the carton and its contents may be packed ,in' any suitable manner and pp as e ined Upon receipt 41%;? vendee may, for display purposes, unfold the carton and bend it back around underneath the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 10. When folded in this last manner the tongue 1a mayibeinserted in the slit' '16 formed in the bottom 1. In this position, the member 3 acts as an easel, to su port the carton in an angular position for d1splaying the contents thereof; and the panel 8 may be unfolded into an upright position, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 10, to expose any advertising matter which may be present on the facethereof.

- When the member 3'is folded around into the 'easelpositiom'it may be straightened and made more rigid by bending the strips "17, 18, at substantially right-angles to the plane of the said member.;

It will be understood that various-changes "may be resorted toin the form, construction and arrangement ofthe several different partswithout .departingfrom the spirit and scope ofmy invention; and hence I do not may bespe''ifically setforth er ative as a 'comb1ned cover and easel, said element having one end secured to the bottom of the carton and its other end pro-- vided with atongue, the bottom of the carton having a slit therein fitted to receivesaid'tongue, whereby e panel 3 from the top of ,erative as a combined cover and easel, said element having one end secured to the bot- This is well shown in' Figs. 8 and 10.

the saidelement may be folded ontop of the carton to act as a cover, or be folded beneath the carton, and its tongue engaged with the slit to act as an easel or supporting the carton in an inclined position. r y

2. A carton having a jointed element optom of -the carton and its other end provided with a tongue, the bottom of the carton having a slit therein fitted to receive said tongue, wherebyv the said element may be folded on top of the carton to act as a cover, or be folded beneath the carton and its tongue engaged with the slit to act as an easel for supporting the carton in an inclined position, and strengthening strips carried bysaid element and adapted to be folded out of the plane thereof to increase the rigidity of the said element when acting as an easel. l

3. A carton having a jointed element operative as a combined cover and easel, said element having oneend secured to the bottom of the carton and its other end provided with atongue, the carton having a slit in its bottom and at one end of its top,

said slits being. adapted to receive said tongue, whereby the said element may be folded on top of the cart'on to act as a cover therefor and its tongue engaged with the slit at the end of the top, or be folded beneath the carton and its tongue engaged with the slit in the bottom thereof to act as an easel for supporting the carton in an inclined position.

In testimony, that l claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 18th day of-January 1916.

' .LLIAM A. v. Postna- 

